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Ibn al Qayyim(rahimahullah) said:
" Sin may be more beneficial for a person, if it leads him to repent, than doing a lot of acts of worship. This is what is meant by the one of the salaf: A person may commit a sin and enter paradise because of it, or he may do an act of worship and enter hell because of it.
They said: 'How is that? He said: He may commit a sin and continues to think about it. And when he stands or sits or walks he remembers his sin, so he feels ashamed and repents and seeks forgiveness and regrets it, so that he will be the means of salvation. And he may do a good deed, and continue to think about it, and when he stands or sits or walks he remembers it and it fills him with self admiration and pride and it is the cause of his doom
So the sin can be the factor that leads him to do acts of worship and change his attitude and fear Allah Ta'la and feel shy before Him and feel humiliated before Him hanging his head in shame and weeping with regret, seeking the forgiveness of the Lord. Each of these facts is better for a person than an act of that worship which makes him feel proud and show off and look down on people. Undoubtedly this sin is better before Allah and is more likely to bring salvation than ones who admires himself and looks down on others and thinks that he doing Allah a favour. Even if he says a words that indicate something other than that, Allah is witness over what is in his hearts. Such a person may feel hatred towards people if they do not hold him in high esteem
and humiliate themselves before him. If he were to examine himself honestly he would see that clearly".
Pray for me please.:tti_sister:
Ibn al Qayyim(rahimahullah) said:
" Sin may be more beneficial for a person, if it leads him to repent, than doing a lot of acts of worship. This is what is meant by the one of the salaf: A person may commit a sin and enter paradise because of it, or he may do an act of worship and enter hell because of it.
They said: 'How is that? He said: He may commit a sin and continues to think about it. And when he stands or sits or walks he remembers his sin, so he feels ashamed and repents and seeks forgiveness and regrets it, so that he will be the means of salvation. And he may do a good deed, and continue to think about it, and when he stands or sits or walks he remembers it and it fills him with self admiration and pride and it is the cause of his doom
So the sin can be the factor that leads him to do acts of worship and change his attitude and fear Allah Ta'la and feel shy before Him and feel humiliated before Him hanging his head in shame and weeping with regret, seeking the forgiveness of the Lord. Each of these facts is better for a person than an act of that worship which makes him feel proud and show off and look down on people. Undoubtedly this sin is better before Allah and is more likely to bring salvation than ones who admires himself and looks down on others and thinks that he doing Allah a favour. Even if he says a words that indicate something other than that, Allah is witness over what is in his hearts. Such a person may feel hatred towards people if they do not hold him in high esteem
and humiliate themselves before him. If he were to examine himself honestly he would see that clearly".
Pray for me please.:tti_sister:
